VP, Privileged Secret Server Product Owner

Lead Synchrony’s enterprise PAM product roadmap to reduce privileged attack surface and improve risk-based remediation of high-risk privileged accounts.

Responsibilities

• Own and communicate the multi-year enterprise PAM product strategy and roadmap, prioritizing risk reduction, regulatory requirements, and modernization goals.
• Act as Product Owner for Delinea capabilities, applying working knowledge of the Delinea suite to secure privileged access across infrastructure, databases, cloud, and applications.
• Lead and manage Privileged Access Analysts, providing direct oversight for support of program initiatives, delivery execution, and operational maturity.
• Drive PAM best practices across the program, including secure vaulting, credential rotation, least privilege, strong authentication, break-glass governance, segregation of duties, and monitoring/alerting.
• Implement and expand privileged access lifecycle controls, including automated discovery through onboarding, access provisioning, rotation, session governance, and de-provisioning across diverse environments.
• Enable Zero Trust-aligned privileged access patterns such as Just-in-Time (JIT) access, approval-based elevation, time-bound entitlements, and continuous verification using telemetry-driven controls.
• Oversee PAM capabilities and continuous improvement, including advanced monitoring, credential lifecycle management, privileged session monitoring/recording, and privileged access analytics.
• Define and enforce risk-tiered control policies and governance workflows (for example, dual-control approvals, ticket enforcement, exception handling) to strengthen accountability and compliance.
• Lead integration of PAM with ITSM and security tooling, including automated workflows tied to incident and change processes, plus integrations with event monitoring/analytics platforms to improve detection and operational efficiency.
• Build and sustain partner relationships with IAM governance bodies, Security Operations, Infrastructure/Cloud teams, Application teams, and Audit/Compliance to align priorities and manage dependencies.
• Prioritize and approve remediation work based on risk tiers, the threat landscape, and enterprise impact; define success metrics and report program outcomes to senior stakeholders.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives through influence, setting objectives, driving alignment, and ensuring delivery with minimal-to-moderate leadership guidance.
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity with depth in Identity & Access Management (IAM) and security controls, including one or more of: Privileged Access Management (PAM), SSO, MFA, CIAM, RBAC, and/or directory governance.
• Demonstrated success delivering high-value cross-functional technology/security initiatives across multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups.
• Proven ability to cultivate durable partnerships with internal and external business and technology stakeholders; collaborative, outcomes-driven operating style.
• Demonstrated leadership through mentoring, coaching, and enablement, including creating product roadmaps, supporting skill development, and driving team maturity.
• Strong requirements and delivery execution skills, including elicitation, documentation, and translating needs into implementable delivery artifacts (user stories, workflows, process maps); experience supporting Agile/Scrum execution (backlog/standups/removing blockers).
• Hands-on ITSM platform experience in an operational/delivery context (for example, catalog, incident/problem/change workflows, dashboards/reporting), including building standardized documentation to support audit readiness and adoption.
• Ability and flexibility to travel for business as required.

Technologies

• Privileged Access Management (PAM), Identity & Access Management (IAM)
• SSO, MFA, CIAM, RBAC
• Delinea and Delinea suite of products, Secret Server
• ITSM, SIEM/SOAR
• Agile/Scrum
• Just-in-Time (JIT)

Desired Characteristics

• Experience implementing and operating Delinea PAM solutions, including Secret Server and complementary capabilities for privileged credential management and privileged session governance.
• Advanced expertise in PAM best practices: risk-based security controls, credential lifecycle management, privileged session monitoring/recording, privileged identity governance, and audit-ready control evidence.
• Experience designing and implementing Zero Trust and JIT privileged access models, including approval workflows, time-bound elevation, and policy-based enforcement.
• Knowledge of automated discovery tooling, behavioral analytics, privileged anomaly detection, and common compliance/audit frameworks.
• Experience designing and implementing dual-control policies/workflows tied to incident and change processes.
• Strong communication skills, including reporting program metrics and influencing senior stakeholders across Security Operations, Audit, and IAM governance bodies.

Location

• Alpharetta, GA (hybrid)
• Additional listed locations: Stamford, Connecticut; Lake Mary, Florida; Orlando, Florida; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; Charlotte, North Carolina; Cincinnati, Ohio; West Chester, Ohio

Compensation

• USD 155,000 - 260,000 per year
• Eligible for an annual bonus based on individual and company performance
• Actual compensation offered within the range based on work experience, skill level, or knowledge
• Salaries adjusted according to market in CA, NY Metro, and Seattle

Eligibility Requirements

• 18 years or older
• Willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation, and submit fingerprints as part of onboarding
• Able to satisfy requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S.; no visa sponsorship for this job opening now or in the future

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Additional Job Details

• Job ID: 2602599
• Category: Technology
• Date posted: 09/23/2026
• Grade/Level: 13
• Job family group: Information Technology